Christine Stanton

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Christine Frances "Chris" Stanton (née Annison, born 12 December 1959) is a retired high jumper from Australia. She set her personal best on 26 January 1985, jumping 1.96 metres at a meet in Adelaide, South Australia. An eight-time national champion in the women's high jump, she competed for her native country at three consecutive Olympic Games, in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988.

She was born in Perth, Western Australia.[http://www.wais.org.au/other/hallofchampions_detail.php?ID=45 WA Hall of Champions Inductee Christine Stanton] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612000231/http://www.wais.org.au/other/hallofchampions_detail.php?ID=45 |date=12 June 2015 }}. WAIS. Retrieved 2015-01-08.

National titles

  • 8 times Australian high jump champion: 1976–77, 1980–81, 1983, 1985-87

International competitions

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!colspan="6"|Representing {{AUS}}

rowspan=2|1977

|Pacific Conference Games

|Canberra, Australia

|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd

| 1.80 m

World Cup

|Düsseldorf, West Germany

|6th

|1.75 m

1980

|Olympic Games

|Moscow, Soviet Union

| 6th

|1.91 m

rowspan=2|1981

|Pacific Conference Games

|Christchurch, New Zealand

|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd

| 1.83 m

World Cup

|Rome, Italy

|4th

|1.86 m

1982

|Commonwealth Games

|Brisbane, Australia

|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd

| 1.88 m

1983

|World Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

| 29th (q)

| 1.80 m

1984

|Olympic Games

|Los Angeles, United States

| 11th

|1.85 m (1.90 m)

1985

|World Cup

|Canberra, Australia

|5th

|1.88 m

1986

|Commonwealth Games

|Edinburgh, Scotland

|bgcolor="gold"| 1st

| 1.92 m

1987

|World Championships

|Rome, Italy

| 17th (q)

| 1.88 m

1988

|Olympic Games

|Seoul, South Korea

| 7th

|1.93 m

Notes:

  • Results with a q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.
  • Results in brackets, indicate superior height achieved in qualifying round.

References

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